Cleveland County schools ranked among top in North Carolinas

By Jessica Pickens

Published: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 07:44 PM.

Two of Cleveland County Schools’ four high schools now rank among the best in the state. Crest and Kings Mountain high schools are listed among the best 50 schools in North Carolina in a study released this week by U.S. News and World Report. “We have two schools ranked in the top 10 percent in the state,” said Cleveland County Schools Superintendent Bruce Boyles. “Any time you get these kinds of comparisons, and we rank well, is a good indication that our students are performing well.” Crest ranked 16 and Kings Mountain ranked 33. There are 140 school districts and 519 high schools in North Carolina. “This is a big deal,” school board member Donnie Thurman Jr. said. “This is the kind of news we want to hear.” The report measures class sizes, teacher-to-student ratio, AP test scores, college readiness, readiness in math and readiness in English, according to the reports. Burns High and Kings Mountain also both ranked last year, Boyles said. “Since I have been superintendent in the last seven years, Kings Mountain has ranked three times,” Boyles said. “Burns ranked last year and this is the first time Crest has ranked this high in a while.” The high ranking shows that all Cleveland County Schools, along with Crest and Kings Mountain, are heading in the right direction, school officials say. “This is a big deal for our school system. Shelby and Burns are also doing a great job and the numbers show they are on the right track as well,” Thurman Jr. said. “The report motivated me that we are going in the right direction.”

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Two of Cleveland County Schools’ four high schools now rank among the best in the state.
Crest and Kings Mountain high schools are listed among the best 50 schools in North Carolina in a study released this week by U.S. News and World Report.
“We have two schools ranked in the top 10 percent in the state,” said Cleveland County Schools Superintendent Bruce Boyles. “Any time you get these kinds of comparisons, and we rank well, is a good indication that our students are performing well.”
Crest ranked 16 and Kings Mountain ranked 33. There are 140 school districts and 519 high schools in North Carolina.
“This is a big deal,” school board member Donnie Thurman Jr. said. “This is the kind of news we want to hear.”
The report measures class sizes, teacher-to-student ratio, AP test scores, college readiness, readiness in math and readiness in English, according to the reports.
Burns High and Kings Mountain also both ranked last year, Boyles said.
“Since I have been superintendent in the last seven years, Kings Mountain has ranked three times,” Boyles said. “Burns ranked last year and this is the first time Crest has ranked this high in a while.”
The high ranking shows that all Cleveland County Schools, along with Crest and Kings Mountain, are heading in the right direction, school officials say.
“This is a big deal for our school system. Shelby and Burns are also doing a great job and the numbers show they are on the right track as well,” Thurman Jr. said. “The report motivated me that we are going in the right direction.”